Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-08-12

A Sick Mans Wife Disregards the Druggist,
Advice and So Saves the Lie Of
Her Husband.


wife though, it was no more than right
that should let You know what your
remedy has done for me, and | think
So too.
live in East 18th street. west of
Third avenue. and have lived there for
about twcnty-three years. where own
real estate. Up to the time am about
10 mention | had been strong, well
man. There was always more or less
malaria in the neighborhood. but had
not personally suffered from it. 1t was
in 1880 ! had my first attack. 1t came
on As such "''a,,>S -u'nmoniy do. with
headaches. loss OF appetite and ambi-
ton. chilly sensations with slight fever
afterwards. disposition to yawn and
stretch, and SO forth. was employed
at that time at killians 4 Brothers,
furniture manufacturers. in West sd
street. hoped the attack would wear
off, but is il didn't consulted we'll
known and able physician in Nj iris
ania, who gave me Il in'ne and told RE
what to do. can sum up the first four
and half or five Years Of nv cxoeri-
ence in few words. Occasional |
WAS laid up for Il day or two, bai on
the whole | stuck to nv work. Kept
taking quinine. in lar%er doses Fl IN
year to year, and kept on getting weak
er and worse. slowly but surely. all the
time. My trouble was now well de-
fined and lis symptoms were steady and
regular. had dumb ague in it, worst
form, and il was grinding me down in
spite of al! that could do or the ,loc-
tors could do. 1t he'd me IN a grip lie
fire ~ a bHyNinJ c04i msne. The poison
hai zone all through ami over me and
notEng WAS able 10 touch it. was
fast osin@ II sh and slreLgth, and about
March. 1854. ! kuu'.k ID oil work .'niire-
" and went hNme To be down sick. and
to die for all . could tel. Iran down so
rapidly that | soon brcamc unable to
walk my distance. Later | went from
roor % room i'll my own house only by
fire holding me up hy each arm. The
dos Of qllnine were increased until I
sf'rD oot N rp Gr0''s n doSp. The
=; v.> II tn.> .i,-. ..,.u,.., stimulation
vs. Ia max" me n..H;.' wild. Ii broke
ny sleep all up. and | often walked The
aoor. or staggered about it. all night
bong. scarcely able to bear any Noises
or even human speech. NV temper
WAS extremely irritable. As to food,
one of my little c.:illrcn would eat
more in meal than could in iiv.
! would order food and then turn from
il in disgust. lived on qlinine and
other -t.mulants and on myself, like a
bear in winter. The quinine set my
head in whirl. and the liquor-given
as mcdicine-made my stomach so
sick could not tolerate it.
From rs pounds (my proper weight)
raj down to % pounds the weight
of a light girl-and was scarcely better
than a skeleton.
Uopy5vfy hal taken a Ratchet and
kn0ctci me 'iow" a ID killed me / should
hare Tern better sE
DurIn. the latter part Of this period.
early i'll 1856. my physician SAID:
miller. there's no use in nv taking
any more money Of you. can't do YOU
any Vod. | might pour pounds 90 q IL
nine down your throat and it wouldn't
help YOU"
On III" strength of this I gave IN the
use of quininr altogether. and made up
my mind To do nothing more and take
my chances.
Three weeks aftcrwards-abont the
last Of May-my wifi, saw an ad,cttise-
mcnt of K:t>kinr in New York o.. or.
She told me of it. l said: "Stuii and
nonsense! it can't do me any good"
But she went to n druggists. mevcrthe-
less, to get it. The druggist advised
her against KAskinc: he said it was
nothing but sn 'ar; that she ought not
to throw AMY her money on it, NC
He said he didn't keep it. but could ret
it if she insisted on having it. Turn
ing away in disgust my wife spoke to
our neighb"r. Mr. A. G. Hegewald.
who got her bottle at drug store in
Sixth avenue.
Almost against my will. and without
the least faith, | BEGAN taking it. In
one week ! WIS l. tier. / began to
sleep. stopped e seeing ghosts"
began to have an appetite and to gain
strength. Tni> was now the first of
June. 1856. anu by the end of that
month wa> ia at my bench at c. P.
Smiths scroll Swing factory in 10th.
street. where work now.
Since then l have never lost dav
from sickness. Tahi,i,. Xask re only,
about forty pellets in four equal doses
a day, | continued to gain The ma
laria appeared to be killed in my sys-
TEN. and now I've 80, back my old
weight-l75 pounds-anh my old
strength to l,l;or. ! am an aStonish-
ment to mvsc nd ~ II; finds. and
If X ,skine did -: l',;.,> . mt know
what did. The nj, + ,:,r lining it
could do WORT ''c q" iii. lead man
TO life. FEhrnr.. \ MILLER.
$50 + 81 -. ~r,,t. Nrw York.
y. S.-Fur the II >,iut.. .rii,h If the
above statement | refer to the olowing
gentlemen. WHO are personally ac-
qnainted with the facts: Mr.. Alex
ander Weir. GIG l56th St; Mr. George
Seaman, ljSth street and Courtlandt
avenue; MIR. a. Moebus: 18th street
and Courtlandt avenue; Mr. P. F.
Vaupel, l54th street and Courtlandt
avenue; Mr.. John Lunnv. $50 East
l5Sth street; Mr.. John Rcushaw. l24
l2jth street, aud mary others. will
also reply to letters of inquiry.
We submit that the above aStonish-
ing cure. vouchcd for us it is bv rcpu-
able men. is deserving Of a thorough
and candid investigation by thinking
people. And we further submit that
when druggists turn away customers
" falsiiying the character of Il remedy
because they do not happen to have it
on hand. they do Il great wrong. II